Wide Awake!
by Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts bestography
Wide Awake! is ranked as the best album by Parquet Courts.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Wide Awake! on YouTube
Wide Awake! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Wide Awake! rankings
Purplepash
RasmV
Wasinski
LedZep
baystateoftheart
Tamthebam
MadhattanJack
zags7000Wide Awake! collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 87 members
Wide Awake! ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 536 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/22/2026 21:33 | araidernomore | 438 | 76/100 | |
| 02/02/2026 13:45 | saltysurprise | 2,942 | 83/100 | |
| 01/15/2026 00:06 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 | |
| 01/09/2026 16:02 | jon5417 | 4,042 | 68/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 17:07 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
Wide Awake! favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 59 members
Wide Awake! comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 28 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Jboy56 05/12/2022 15:57 | #285252
Punky-ska! reinvented. ala 2010's. Hard to dislike..
There is some great writing on here and some great songs too. The lyrics are very fun and also give us quite a lot to explore and enjoy. There are some very catchy songs as well which have great rhythms and are so easy to just groove along with them. The vocal is very good as well and is a nice throwback to the artists this group took clear influence from such as the Strokes. However, there are a few songs I do find unnecessary and a bit dull which shouldn't be happening on such a short album. It just seems to be missing that spark that would make them unique and truly stand out as without it the music is quite boring at time. On the whole, this record is quite slow at times but it can also be great. I will definitely not be rushing back to listen to it but when I do come round to listen to it again I will be looking forward to hearing it.
tgarritsen 02/07/2021 03:12 | #265940
Lyrically you could argue that it's the album of the decade.
Nice Album, with nice ideas in the songs. But not a highlight to my ears.
teague 07/08/2020 02:34 | #255203
Despite being scatterbrained, Wide Awaaaaake! manages to come through with a handful of enjoyable rock tunes.
Montpejo 04/08/2020 18:52 | #249676
Highlights:
Almost Had To Start A Fight / In And Out Of Patience
Tenderness
Total Football
Wide Awake
Freebird II
Before The Water Gets Too High
Death Will Bring Change
Back To Earth
Fun, energetic and individual amongst the other punk acts currently on the market, Parquet Courts clearly stands out. Wide Awake! is a great example of how.
Favorite tracks: Wide Awake!, Tenderness, Freebird II
JoaoMoreira 10/27/2019 23:18 | #244181
These guys are punk. These guys are pop.
The vocals are great and the instrumental is tight!
Some remind Joe Strummer, others don't.
A good rock'n'roll record in this era where it seems more and more outdated.
90/100
Revitalize post-punk
I put this album among the best Punk albums EVER, really
The genius of Parquet Courts - and his songwriters Andrew Savage and Austin Brown - is to have resurrected the New York Rock that had disappeared since the Strokes. The legacy of Velvet, Ramones, Talking Heads, Richard Hell, Sonic Youth and so many others is one of the greatest things America has ever offered for the world, and it would simply absurd to let the stupidity of the Trump government make us forget what we owe to those artists who valiantly fought for intelligence and poetry. Without ever betraying either his punky origins or departing from his principles of authenticity, "Wide Awake!" offers a new uninhibited version of Parquet Courts, with more catchy melody. This is truly their best album and a classic of 2010's rock. "Wide Awake!" will be the first album of Parquet Courts totally accessible to anyone who is too young to have known the hours of the New York punk scene.
9/10
Best track: "Total Football"
Your feedback for Wide Awake!
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
